But, No. 3 seed Lower Macungie found enough offense to pull out a 2-1 win over second-seeded South Parkland at Parkland High School to advance to Sunday's winners' bracket final against No. 1 North Parkland. Game time is 1:30 p.m. at Parkland Middle School.

North Parkland knocked off Southern Lehigh 9-1 in Saturday's second winners' bracket semifinal.

Lower Macungie (15-5) scored the decisive run in the seventh inning when Eric Sipp led off with an infield single and scored on a two-out error. Trey Hinkle, the staff ace, relieved starter Andrew Miller in the bottom half of the inning and worked around a one-out error to earn the save.

Both runs Lower Macungie managed against Jenkins, who entered with a 3-1 record and 2.23 ERA, were unearned. Still, it didn't make the win any less satisfying.

"He's a phenomenal pitcher," said Sipp, who had a hit and also reached on an error that scored the first run, off Jenkins. "He's hard to hit because he hits his spots so well and knows how to pitch."

"We're very evenly matched teams," said Smith, in his first season as the team's manager. "We're basically mirror images of each other, our team and South Parkland's team. It was a well-pitched game and we took advantage our opportunity. We were fortunate but we'll take it."

South Parkland (15-5) scored in the second inning when Dylan Peiffer singled and scored on a fielder's choice grounder. Lower Macungie tied it at 1 in the top of the fourth frame when Hinkle singled sharply to left field and scored on a two-out error. Sipp's speed — he hit a chopper toward second base — played a factor in the miscue.

In the seventh inning, Sipp again hit a high chopper, this time over the third baseman's head to reach on the infield single. He was sacrificed to second by Nolan Cope and advanced to third on a groundout by Luke Wieder.

Sipp scored when a low throw went for an error.

"I wasn't squaring the ball up today," Sipp said, "but I got on top of it and with my speed and hustle I feel like I can beat anything out. I made something happen when we needed it."

Smith called on Hinkle, who worked five innings in Lower Macungie's 7-0 first-round win over Emmaus on Thursday, in the bottom of the seventh inning. Hinkle worked his way through the heart of South Parkland's order to earn the save.

He also made a winner out of Miller. A 2014 graduate of Emmaus High School, Miller scattered six hits in six strong innings to keep his club in the contest.

"I knew I had to pitch a really good game to give us a chance because Michael Jenkins is a great pitcher," he said. "I used mostly my fastball and change-up because my curveball was off.

"Once we scored [in the seventh inning] I felt very confident because Trey's the best pitcher in the league."

Hinkle also had two of Lower Macungie's five hits in the game.

For South Parkland, which was the LVL's hottest team entering Saturday with 10 straight wins, it was the second time in two tournament games that coming up with any type of offense was a struggle. Peiffer contributed two of the club's six hits but South Parkland stranded 10 baserunners.

Manager Tom Kahn's team will play a 1:30 p.m. home game Sunday in the losers' bracket.

"We left a village on base. We haven't been able to get the key hit," Kahn said. "We feel horrible but we've got to find a way to fight back and win two games [Sunday]."